Lilium superbum
Lilium superbum
Lilium superbum is a species of the genus Lilium (Lilium ) in the American section.
Description
Lilium superbum is a perennial herbaceous plant, it can reach a height of 80 cm to 300 cm. The bulbs are small and round, they consist of white scales and form spurs.
The stem is hard, straight and reddish crowded. The lance-shaped leaves can be up to 18 cm long and 3 cm wide, they are in several whorls around the stem arranged.
It flowers from July to September in down pendulous racemes with up to 40 flowers. The hermaphrodite flowers do not smell and have a diameter of up to 6 cm. The six recurved bloom, there are three Kron and three sepals, but look very similar and are up to 9 cm long. The color of the flowers varies from yellow to orange to red, with dark brown spots dichtübersäht, with a green star in the center of the flower. This star is a safe differentiator for Tiger Lily (Lilium lancifolium ), the Lilium superbum otherwise very similar. The filaments are yellowish - white, the anthers and pollen brown. The seeds ripen from September to October and germinate delayed - hypogeous after a hot-cold - hot cycle (autumn - winter-spring ) in which each period is about two months.
Dissemination
Dissemination area are mainly the Appalachians, but it is also very sporadic throughout the territory of New Hampshire to the north found to the border of Florida in the south, the west boundary is Arkansas and Minnesota.
Lilium superbum only occurs in moist areas, preferably in wet meadows or moist woodland areas. The floor must be shaded throughout the year.
System
She is the closest relative of Lilium pyrophilum and closely related michauxii with Lilium Lilium and iridollae.
Use
Lilium superbum is in the U.S. frequent in culture, probably there are now far more cultured than wild specimens.
The Cherokee Indians have ground in famine the bulbs of the lily into flour, or consumed cooked Lily bulbs.